- #1 Green Pond Town
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac
You've received a strange letter, and inside, a chilling black and white photograph – the people in the picture are eerily faceless! A powerful intuition compels you to journey to the location in the photo: Greenwater Town...
Why similar: Point & Click 22.7%, Abstract 15%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Exploration 11.1%, Hidden Object 11.1%
- #2 Follow the meaning
96% matchVery Positive94% of 1,035 reviews2024
Dev: HiKing Mind StudioPub: Second Maze
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Follow the meaning is a surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure. Join detective Paul Trilby as he works to unravel the mysteries of a peculiar town, seemingly ruled by the local Hospital. Over the wall and behind tightly shut gates, a dark secret lies in wait…
Why similar: Point & Click 29.4%, Hand-drawn 17.8%, Hidden Object 10.3%, Adventure 9.3%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #3 Bad Dream: Coma
96% matchVery Positive91% of 2,222 reviews2017
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...
Why similar: Point & Click 26.2%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Minimalist 12.3%, Hidden Object 10.3%, Exploration 7.8%
- #4 Submachine: Legacy
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,459 reviews2023
Dev: Mateusz Skutnik
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Submachine is a hand-drawn puzzle adventure game. You find yourself in a vast network of desolate locations containing puzzles, secrets, notes and items to collect to help you along the way. Follow the story of a banished lighthouse keeper to discover his descent into ruins.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.4%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, Exploration 12%, Dystopian 12%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #5 Bad Dream: Stories
95% matchVery Positive93% of 121 reviews2021
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows
Bad Dream: Stories is a collection of older games in the Bad Dream series in a new, remastered form. Play the series of short point & click titles and travel through the disturbing and atmospheric world of dreams.
Why similar: Abstract 23%, Point & Click 22.7%, Hand-drawn 16.7%, Minimalist 13%, Puzzle 6.4%
- #6 Tales from Candleforth
94% matchVery Positive86% of 180 reviews2024
Dev: Under the Bed GamesPub: Feardemic
Windows
Tales from Candleforth is a folk horror 2D point and click game with puzzles and escape room mechanics, that narrates the fairy tales from the village. The text contained in this ancient and evil book is now bleeding out, mixing the world of nightmares with the real one through handmade 2D graphics.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 18.8%, Point & Click 17.1%, Hidden Object 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.8%
- #7 Nightmare Zapping
93% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Maldo19
Windows
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Dark Humor 29.4%, Point & Click 26.7%, Story Rich 15.7%, 2D 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #8 The Curse We Made
92% matchVery Positive89% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Potion Pixel
Windows · Mac
A short 70–90 minute hand-drawn cozy-gothic puzzle adventure with easy, relaxing puzzles, where color slowly returns to a cursed town as you uncover its secrets.
Why similar: Point & Click 30.6%, Hand-drawn 17.9%, Puzzle 9.7%, Adventure 8.5%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #9 Midnight Swamp
91% matchVery Positive96% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: WildOmul
Windows
Midnight Swamp is a dark point-and-click adventure where you will dive into a world of eerie fairy tales. Play as a tourist who must find a way out of a mysterious swamp, where every corner hides a riddle.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.6%, Hand-drawn 18.6%, Exploration 12%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #10 Mindlock - The Apartment
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 679 reviews2024
Dev: Roof Cut MediaPub: USM
Windows · Mac
Colin’s apartment maze has puzzles, dialogues, and some dry humor waiting for you. A surreal adventure of a special kind.
Why similar: Dark Humor 27%, Point & Click 22.9%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #11 Arrog
91% matchVery Positive88% of 226 reviews2020
Dev: LEAP Game StudiosPub: indienova
Windows
Arrog is an enigmatic puzzle adventure game featuring hand-drawn art and set in a bizarre black-and-white world with color accents.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.6%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, Adventure 10.9%, Abstract 10.4%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #12 Mayor May Knott
89% matchVery Positive99% of 217 reviews2026
Dev: Ravenous Images
Windows · Mac
A creepy-cozy 3D adventure game about solving puzzles, rebuilding a haunted ghost town, meeting weird creatures, and listening to ridiculous music!
Why similar: Exploration 30%, Story Rich 16.9%, Puzzle 16%, Stylized 13.8%, Atmospheric 10.8%
- #13 Please, Touch The Artwork 2
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 6,111 reviews2024
Dev: Thomas Waterzooi
Windows · Mac · Linux
A handpainted cozy hidden object adventure. Explore a surreal world. Collect items for its quirky inhabitants. Fix damaged paintings and solve casual puzzles. Help a lost skeleton painter find his way home. This game is short but 100% FREE (no ads, no IAP).
Why similar: Point & Click 27.7%, Hidden Object 18.7%, Dark Humor 13.6%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #14 Welcome to Bummertown
89% matchVery Positive82% of 92 reviews2018
Dev: Think Inside The Box
Windows
Welcome to Bummertown a place where You'll have to collect items, talk to colorful characters and solve puzzles in order to find a lost character named Bedford.
Why similar: Adventure 30.1%, Story Rich 22.1%, Indie 17.6%, 2D 14.7%, Atmospheric 10.6%
- #15 Slice of Sea
88% matchVery Positive90% of 622 reviews2021
Dev: Mateusz Skutnik
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Slice of Sea is a peaceful adventure and puzzle game. You play as Seaweed, a sea creature clearly out of their element. Explore desolate world of dust, all hand-drawn on paper in unique art style. Collect items, solve puzzles and lead Seaweed back home to the sea.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 21.6%, Exploration 14.2%, Hidden Object 12.8%, Puzzle 8.8%, Stylized 7.9%
- #16 TSIOQUE
87% matchVery Positive95% of 1,911 reviews2018
Dev: OhNoo Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
TSIOQUE (pronounced: "chiock") is a dark but playful Point & Click adventure, hand-animated in meticulous, frame-by-frame 2D. Escape the clutches of an Evil Wizard and discover the secrets hidden within the spellbound castle of your ancestors.
Why similar: Dark Humor 20%, Point & Click 18.5%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 7.6%, Exploration 7.5%
- #17 Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery
86% matchVery Positive87% of 869 reviews2021
Dev: Kiary Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Everybody are missing in a town. Find the answers of town mystery in a point and click adventure game with escape the room mechanics
Why similar: Point & Click 35.5%, Hidden Object 17.6%, Exploration 15.5%, Puzzle 11.6%, Adventure 8.2%
- #18 Whateverland
85% matchVery Positive88% of 180 reviews2022
Dev: Caligari Games
Windows
Find your way out of a magical prison in this non-linear point'n'click adventure full of mini games and challenges. Get to meet the charismatic Whateverlanders, steal and deceive or be a good boy to discover all the different endings of Vincent's story.
Why similar: Dark Humor 24.8%, Point & Click 17.4%, Hand-drawn 11%, Hidden Object 9.8%, Exploration 8.5%
- #19 Navicula Meatus
84% matchVery Positive96% of 139 reviews2025
Dev: Torgomind
Windows
A dark and surreal puzzle adventure set in a decaying town where veins pulse through ruined structures and the night hums with unfamiliar life.
Why similar: Abstract 32.7%, Exploration 15.2%, Dystopian 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #20 Creepy Tale
83% matchVery Positive86% of 2,970 reviews2020
Dev: Creepy Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Creepy quest with the atmosphere of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Go through a dangerous adventure filled with puzzles and challenges! Perhaps it is you who will be able to solve all the secrets of forest and save the peaceful creatures?
Why similar: Hand-drawn 33.8%, Puzzle 14.4%, Adventure 12.1%, Atmospheric 11.1%, 2D 10.8%
- #21 Apocalipsis
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 521 reviews2018
Dev: Punch Punk GamesPub: Wildlands Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Apocalipsis is a point-and-click adventure game, in the vain of Samorost and Machinarium, where all puzzles have a hidden meaning. With a unique artstyle inspired by 15th century engravings it tells a story about heartbreak, redemption and, quite literally, the end of the world.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.2%, Hand-drawn 16.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10%, Story Rich 8.5%, Exploration 8.3%
- #22 Night Reverie
82% matchVery Positive96% of 331 reviews2021
Dev: Somber Pixel
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Night Reverie is a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures living in the house as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.
Why similar: Exploration 28.9%, Story Rich 18%, Puzzle 15.3%, 2D 14%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #23 UNIVERSAL WEIRDNESS
81% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows
A 2D hand-drawn puzzle adventure that spans multiple dimensions and universes. Encounter a diverse cast of characters and unravel mind-bending mysteries as you embark on unique adventures across different worlds.
Why similar: Point & Click 38.6%, Hand-drawn 18.4%, Abstract 13.7%, Adventure 7.7%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #24 Night in the Woods
81% matchVery Positive95% of 20,210 reviews2017
Dev: Infinite FallPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.
Why similar: Dark Humor 24.6%, Dialogue Heavy 18.3%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Exploration 10%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #25 Castle of Secrets
82% matchMixed58% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Serene Questworks StudiosPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Castle of Secrets is a dark psychological adventure with horror elements. Uncover the mystery behind your family's murder as you journey through the world of the dead, meet strange beings, solve puzzles, and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.2%, Hidden Object 15.1%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Exploration 13.2%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #26 Slender Threads
79% matchVery Positive91% of 627 reviews2025
Dev: Blyts
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
Why similar: Point & Click 32.1%, Adventure 12.7%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Story Rich 8.9%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #27 HER TREES : PUZZLE DREAM
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,922 reviews2026
Dev: Stone
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
HER TREES : PUZZLE DREAM is a unique point-and-click puzzle game where you move and combine objects to solve puzzles. Unravel the strange puzzles hidden in your dreams.
Why similar: Point & Click 27.7%, Abstract 22.5%, Hand-drawn 15.5%, Puzzle 9.9%, Stylized 7.2%
- #28 Skaramazuzu
79% matchVery Positive93% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Bleeding Moon StudioPub: Iphigames
Windows
Enter the mysterious world of Skaramazuzu, and get ready to be tested. Meet strange beings and whimsical personalities, face challenges, and solve riddles in a hand-drawn, black and white 2D world.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 29.5%, Story Rich 14.7%, Exploration 12.5%, Stylized 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #29 Welcome to Doll Town
80% matchMixed45% of 440 reviews2026
Dev: Bad Wish Games
Windows
In "Welcome to Doll Town," explore a cursed village where lifelike dolls roam. Uncover the dark secret that led a prosperous town turn into a living nightmare.
Why similar: Dark Humor 40.7%, Hidden Object 21.5%, Exploration 18%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Adventure 9.5%
- #30 Hidden Skulls
78% matchVery Positive94% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: Adventure Awaits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Immerse yourself in a short but mysterious adventure in a black and white world full of monsters and evil! Explore the map and find 100 cleverly hidden skulls of different creatures and recreate the picture in color. Play and relax if you are not afraid!
Why similar: Point & Click 29.8%, Hidden Object 22.5%, Hand-drawn 20.4%, 2D 8.1%, Stylized 6.9%
- #31 Garage: Bad Dream Adventure
78% matchVery Positive97% of 383 reviews2022
Dev: 作場金属製作所 Sakuba Metal Works
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 40%
You are thrown into a weird world by the machine Garage. Can you escape from it?
Why similar: Point & Click 36.8%, Exploration 17.1%, Hidden Object 16.6%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Adventure 9.2%
- #32 Creepy Tale: Some Other Place
76% matchVery Positive94% of 657 reviews2024
Dev: Creepy Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Creepy Tale is a mysterious adventure rich in riddles and eerie atmosphere. An autumn morning promised a quiet fishing trip, but events took Martin to "some other place." Find the way home, uncover loads of secrets, and save everyone that you can.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.3%, Hand-drawn 24.1%, Adventure 10.5%, Puzzle 10.3%, 2D 8.3%
- #33 Children of Silentown
74% matchVery Positive87% of 1,564 reviews2023
Dev: Elf GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.1%, Hand-drawn 18.7%, Story Rich 11.2%, Puzzle 8.3%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #34 A Day Without Me
77% matchMixed67% of 82 reviews2020
Dev: Gamecom Team
Windows
You wake up in an unknown city. A city without people, a city completely deserted. But you’re not alone. There's something out there, something strange, something terrifying. Somehow, you know your only way out is to figure out why you're the only one left when everyone else is gone.
Why similar: Minimalist 40.3%, Story Rich 28.7%, Puzzle 19%, Adventure 12.1%
- #35 Lunar Axe
75% matchVery Positive89% of 148 reviews2022
Dev: Ops Game Studio
Windows · Linux
After a big earthquake in the city, ruins of an old building collapse and you end up trapped inside an abandoned house. Find a way out and unravel the mystery of inexplicable tremors, revealing ancient secrets and a mystical artifact, before the city is destroyed.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.9%, Hand-drawn 17%, Hidden Object 14.9%, Story Rich 8.6%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #36 Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 611 reviews2020
Dev: Cosmo DPub: Cosmo D Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
On the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street, all is not what it seems. What role will you play in a city's fate?
Why similar: Exploration 22.5%, Dystopian 20%, Story Rich 12.4%, Stylized 12.2%, Atmospheric 11.4%
- #37 URLate
73% matchVery Positive94% of 120 reviews2025
Dev: NoSepoGames
Windows
URLate is a short and free point & click adventure that immerses you in a hand-drawn world filled with puzzles and mysteries to solve.
Why similar: Point & Click 34.8%, Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Adventure 9.3%, 2D 8.2%
- #38 Rusty Lake Hotel
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,529 reviews2016
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
Why similar: Point & Click 36.4%, Puzzle 12.6%, Dark Humor 11.1%, Hand-drawn 10%, Adventure 6.2%
- #39 I dream of you and ice cream
75% matchVery Positive93% of 58 reviews2020
Dev: Emilios Manolidis
Windows
A sinister creature has enslaved mankind. Solve puzzles, gather components for a machine you are building, find comfort in your dreams.
Why similar: Point & Click 44.6%, Adventure 19%, Puzzle 14.8%, 2D 10.7%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #40 Liminal Lane
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: Ravenhome Studios
Windows
Welcome to Liminal Lane. A short, single player, first person, atmospheric walking simulator. A nostalgic, surreal experience exploring Liminal Spaces. Uncover the secrets of Liminal Lane and escape the Lucid Dreams and Haunting Nightmares.
Why similar: Abstract 29.7%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Exploration 13.6%, Dystopian 12.8%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #41 Dad's Monster House 2: MEDAL
72% matchVery Positive85% of 115 reviews2025
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac
Remember the dad's monster house that haunted your dreams? You're back, in a way you'd never expect! A mysterious ■■ leaves you trapped in a creepy, run-down house...
Why similar: Point & Click 24%, Abstract 18.8%, Exploration 13.6%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #42 Time Trap - Hidden Objects Puzzle Game
76% matchMixed69% of 173 reviews2017
Dev: Crisp App Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A hidden object mystery set in a haunting post-apocalyptic town. Search detailed scenes, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth behind a journalist’s disappearance. Every shadow hides a clue.
Why similar: Hidden Object 35.7%, Point & Click 22.4%, Adventure 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 9%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #43 Upstairs
71% matchVery Positive94% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: Karellen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short classic point-and-click adventure with a verb-based interface and dialogue choices, where you explore a strange building, meet unsettling characters, and slowly uncover a dark, ancient secret.
Why similar: Dark Humor 27.6%, Point & Click 23.1%, Minimalist 12.7%, Exploration 9.9%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #44 Tormentum II
69% matchVery Positive95% of 228 reviews2026
Dev: OhNoo Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wake up inside the nightmare world you created in this standalone, hand-drawn dark fantasy point-and-click adventure with psychological horror elements. Explore islands, solve puzzles, and make morally ambiguous choices that lead to multiple endings. Inspired by H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.5%, Dark Fantasy 13.4%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Exploration 10.4%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #45 Phonopolis
67% matchVery Positive93% of 1,612 reviews2026
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Phonopolis is a story-driven puzzle adventure set in a hand-painted 3D world made of cardboard. Solve a wide variety of playful puzzles and help Felix end the Leader's oppressive influence in a resonant dystopian city inspired by avant-garde art.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.7%, Hand-drawn 21.1%, Dystopian 16.2%, Story Rich 10.3%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #46 Darkness Under My Bed
72% matchVery Positive91% of 96 reviews2021
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows
Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.9%, Exploration 18.8%, Minimalist 17.2%, Story Rich 11.4%, Adventure 7.9%
- #47 Isolomus
71% matchVery Positive95% of 434 reviews2020
Dev: Michael Rfdshir
Windows · Linux
Bite-sized surreal horror with multiple choices. Make your own way through the claymation madness!
Why similar: Dark Humor 32.3%, Point & Click 20.1%, Minimalist 10.6%, Story Rich 7.2%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #48 ANIMAL WELL
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,507 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Why similar: Exploration 36.6%, Puzzle 19.3%, 2D 13%, Atmospheric 13%, Adventure 10.3%
- #49 HER TREES : THE PUZZLE HOUSE
68% matchVery Positive95% of 1,011 reviews2024
Dev: Stone
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 39%
HER TREES : THE PUZZLE HOUSE is a unique point-and-click puzzle game where you move and combine objects to solve puzzles.Uncover the mysteries of this peculiar room.
Why similar: Point & Click 34.4%, Hand-drawn 24%, Puzzle 11.5%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Adventure 7%
- #50 Recolit
70% matchVery Positive89% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: Image Labo
Windows · Mac
Your spaceship crashes, and you find yourself in a dark town that looks just like any other, but that has something different about it. Its people go about their daily lives as if nothing was off, even though the sky above their heads is always black.
Why similar: Point & Click 25%, Story Rich 19.4%, Hidden Object 18.7%, Adventure 11.4%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #51 100 hidden cats
69% matchVery Positive94% of 2,346 reviews2021
Dev: Anatoliy Loginovskikh
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
100 hidden cats is a hidden object game in the city setting. Black and white hand-drawn graphics in a cartoon style. Ultra hard! Really very difficult!
Why similar: Point & Click 20.6%, Hand-drawn 18.5%, Hidden Object 17.3%, Minimalist 13.8%, Exploration 7.7%
- #52 Night Reverie: Prologue
70% matchVery Positive92% of 281 reviews2020
Dev: Somber Pixel
Windows
Night Reverie: Prologue is the first act of a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.
Why similar: Exploration 30.7%, Puzzle 17.3%, Story Rich 16.9%, 2D 15.1%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #53 The Devilry Reservation
70% matchVery Positive93% of 89 reviews2023
Dev: GentFish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the role of a faceless detective investigating creatures from Slavic folklore. Explore dialogue-driven mysteries, solve puzzles, and uncover post-Soviet occult secrets in a pixel art housing block full of bizarre residents and hidden truths
Why similar: Dark Humor 29.6%, Story Rich 17.2%, Exploration 12.6%, Puzzle 11.3%, Atmospheric 10.4%
- #54 Dig Night
68% matchVery Positive99% of 113 reviews2024
Dev: INUSHIT
Windows
A dark comedy RPG set in streets and psyches.
Why similar: Exploration 26.3%, Hand-drawn 19%, Story Rich 17%, Adventure 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 9.5%
- #55 The Hole Town
68% matchVery Positive93% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: imayuiPub: Millchan Games
Windows
To the town in the hole... a story about a place where I can't go.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 35.4%, Dark Humor 17.4%, Adventure 13.6%, Story Rich 12.9%, Atmospheric 10.4%
- #56 Helltown
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 112 reviews2017
Dev: WildArts Games
Windows
Deliver packages to the weirdly happy folk of Little Vale and discover the terrifying secrets they hide. Are you brave enough to face the many monsters and sinister locations of this first-person horror adventure game? There's only one way to find out...
Why similar: Exploration 40.4%, Atmospheric 23.4%, Adventure 19.7%, Indie 11.1%, Singleplayer 5.5%
- #57 Creaks
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,119 reviews2020
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 30.9%, Puzzle 13.1%, Stylized 11.8%, Atmospheric 10.8%, 2D 10.3%
- #58 Dad's Monster House
67% matchVery Positive94% of 289 reviews2021
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac
Dad's Monster House is a hand-drawn puzzle game featuring horror and fantasy. It tells the story of Carlos' journey after he receives a distress call from his father, pleading for him to return to his old home and rescue his dad.
Why similar: Point & Click 28%, Hidden Object 19.9%, Hand-drawn 16.3%, Story Rich 11.3%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #59 Mr. Pumpkin Adventure
69% matchVery Positive80% of 412 reviews2016
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Mr. Pumpkin's Adventure is a point-and-click puzzle game. The main character of this game is Mr. Pumpkin who lost his memories. During the adventure, you will help him solve all the puzzles, which will eventually unveil an evil plot.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.3%, Hidden Object 19.2%, Exploration 16.5%, Puzzle 9.1%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #60 Hidden Cats in Spooky Town
65% matchVery Positive89% of 352 reviews2023
Dev: Nukearts Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
It's Halloween time! Do you choose Trick or Cat? Explore Spooky Town on Halloween night, filled with costumed residents, pumpkins, ghosts, witches, vampires, and spooky surprises. Find all the Hidden Cats to reveal the final colored art, unlock bonus levels, and discover over 970 hidden objects!
Why similar: Point & Click 22.2%, Hidden Object 21.6%, Hand-drawn 19.5%, Exploration 18.6%, Puzzle 10%